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Greek CivilizationsChapter 5.4
The Spread of Greek Culture
• What was the name of the book that Appolonius of Rhodes wrote?
• Argonautica
• What was Argonautica about?
• It tells the legend of Jason and his band of heroes. They search for a ram with a “golden fleece”.
• What did Theocritus write ?
• He wrote short poems about the beauty of nature.
• How was the comedy in Athens was different from in Ancient Greece?
• These stories still had a happy ending and made people laugh.
• These did not make fun of political leaders.
Philosophy
• Who was Epicurus?
• He was a philosopher who founded Epicureanism.
• Which philosophy believes happiness was the goal of life?
• Epicureanism
• Who developed Stoicism?
• A Phoenician named Zeno
• Which philosophy believes that happiness comes from following reason, not emotions, and doing your duty?
• Stoicism
Greek Science and Math
• What do you call people that study the stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies?
• Astronomers
• Who was the astronomer who claimed that the sun was at the center of the universe and that Earth circled the sun?
• Aristarchus
• Who was in charge of the library at Alexandria and concluded that the Earth is round?
• Eratosthenes
• Who is the most famous Greek mathematician who describes plane geometry in his book Elements?
• Euclid
• What do you call the branch of mathematics that shows how points, lines, angles, and surfaces relate to each other?
• Plane Geometry
• Who was the most famous scientist of the Hellenistic Era?
• Archimedes
• What do you call the study of ball-like shapes called spheres and tubelike shapes called cylinders?
• Solid Geometry
• What is the value used to measure the area of a circle?
• Pi
• What did Archimedes build for the King of Syracuse to help protect the city?
• He built catapults (machines that hurled arrows, rocks, and spears).